Order picking is a key process in supply chains and a determinant of business success in
many industries. Order picking is still performed manually by human operators in most …

Eyeing superior operational performance, transportation, and warehousing management,
researchers have turned their much‐needed attention to autonomous and IoT‐driven …

The many observers estimate that in the world is at the beginning of a new industrial
revolution, which it is considered the fourth revolution and it is called" Industry 4.0". The …

In automotive engineering, requirements management is crucial for determining the
functional and technical qualities of a vehicle and ensuring reproducibility and uniformity …

Inland terminals, or dry ports, have played an important role in multimodal transportation
networks as transportation hubs that provide connections between seaports and hinterland …

Freight Villages (FV) are important nodes in supply chains and can be seen as industrial
and trade zones with good connections to transport networks, such as road, rail and air …

Due to the importance of cocoa in the food industry, there is a greater need to transport this
commodity with fewer rejections and damage to quality. Growing in the tropical areas of the …

Virtual production in the virtual factory is a modern approach to support the production
process and offers a possibility to achieve continuous progress at the logistical level of the …

Milk-runs are route-based, cyclic material-handling systems with frequent and consistent yet
need-based deliveries of standardised parts within lean manufacturing systems. While there …

Rail freight has exhibited significant growth within the last decade between Asia and
Europe, especially after the announcement of China's Belt and Road Initiative in 2013 …